spar
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), from Middle Dutch sparre or Middle Low German Sparre, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear.
Noun
spar (plural spars)
- A rafter of a roof.
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].
- (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Derived terms
Translations
rafter of a roof — see rafter
thick pole
nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff
aeronautics: beam-like structural member
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Verb
spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 91–94:
- The church dores were sparred,
Fast boltyd and barryd,
Yet wyth a prety gyn
I fortuned to come in, […]
- (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”). The slang sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the influence of the similar slang words par and star.
Verb
spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
- To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
- 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
- After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.
- To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
- To contest in words; to wrangle.
Translations
to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat
to argue
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Noun
spar (plural spars)
- A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
- (MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal.
- 2002, “No Escape” (track 23), in It's All Happening Now, performed by Lewis Parker (musician), Klashnekoff, and Skriblah Dan Gogh:
- KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars.
- 2003, “Soap Bar”, in The Manifesto, performed by Goldie Looking Chain:
- 'Ello clart! How are you doin' spar? Let's have a look at your mobile phone there, that's fuckin' posh, innit? […] that's fuckin' safe, spar!
- 2009 March 17, “Next Hype” (track 3), in All-Star Pars, performed by Tempa T:
- I don't care if you got friends in your car. Light up your whip and all of your spars.
Etymology 3
From Middle Low German spar, sper (“spar”); or from a backformation of sparstone (“spar”), from Middle English sparston (“gypsum, chalk”), from Old English spærstān (“gypsum”). Related to German Sparkalk (“plaster”), Old English spæren (“of plaster, of mortar”).
Noun
spar (countable and uncountable, plural spars)
- (mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
- (mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
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Etymology 1
From Spanish espada (“sword”), from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”).
Noun
spar c (singular definite sparen, plural indefinite sparer)
- spade (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
Inflection
Declension of spar
Etymology 2
See spare (“to save,spare”).
Verb
spar
- imperative of spare
See also
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sparre (“pole, beam”), from Old Dutch *sparro, from Frankish *sparro, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô. Cognate to West Frisian spjir.
Noun
spar m (plural sparren, diminutive sparretje n)
- spruce; certain tree of the family Pinaceae, especially of the genus Picea, but also used for trees of the genera Abies, Tsuga and Pseudotsuga
Derived terms
- blauwspar
- douglasspar
- fijnspar
- hemlockspar
- Nordmannspar
- zilverspar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
spar
- inflection of sparren:
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Pronunciation
Verb
spar
Etymology
Related to the verb spara (“to save”).
Adjective
spar (comparative sparari, superlative sparastur)
Declension
| strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spar | spör | spart | |
| accusative | sparan | spara | ||
| dative | spörum | sparri | spöru | |
| genitive | spars | sparrar | spars | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | sparir | sparar | spör | |
| accusative | spara | |||
| dative | spörum | |||
| genitive | sparra | |||
| weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | spari | spara | spara | |
| acc/dat/gen | spara | spöru | ||
| plural (all-case) | spöru | |||
positive forms of spar
| weak declension (definite) |
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (all-case) | sparari | sparari | sparara | |
| plural (all-case) | sparari | |||
comparative forms of spar
| strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sparastur | spörust | sparast | |
| accusative | sparastan | sparasta | ||
| dative | spörustum | sparastri | spörustu | |
| genitive | sparasts | sparastrar | sparasts | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | sparastir | sparastar | spörust | |
| accusative | sparasta | |||
| dative | spörustum | |||
| genitive | sparastra | |||
| weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | sparasti | sparasta | sparasta | |
| acc/dat/gen | sparasta | spörustu | ||
| plural (all-case) | spörustu | |||
superlative forms of spar
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Noun
spar
- A friend, a mate, a pal.
- 2007, “They Fear Me” (track 6), in Gangsta for Life:The Symphony of David Brooks (2007), performed by Mavado (singer):
- I'm so far, my main spars dem no near mi. Singing my song to let my enemies hear mi.
- I'm so far better than the competition that my main friends aren't near me in ability. Singing my song to let my enemies hear me.
Verb
spar
- Alternative form of sparren (“to close”)
Etymology 1
From German [Term?], from Spanish espadas (“sword”).
Noun
spar
- spades (suit in playing cards)
Etymology 2
Verb
spar
- imperative of spare
References
- “spar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology 1
From German [Term?], from Spanish espadas (“sword”).
Noun
spar m (definite singular sparen, indefinite plural spar or sparar, definite plural sparane)
- spades (suit in playing cards)
Etymology 2
Verb
spar
- present of spa
- imperative of spara
References
- “spar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Verb
spar
- inflection of spara:
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